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This package was compiled by the FAA Alaskan Region Public Affairs Office in Anchorage and sent to FAA managers with a memo from Paul Steucke dated March 5, 1987. It gathers material on the November 17, 1986 sighting by the crew of Japan Air Lines flight 1628: a news release, pilot and controller transcripts, crew interviews and radar analysis. The FAA concluded that it could not confirm the event. It attributed the second radar target to a split, uncorrelated return from the JAL Boeing 747 and planned no further investigation.

  • p. 2 …Sincerely , ~--- ~ \- ~. ~ ' . ) ,c___ ) ~~ Paul Steucke Public Affairs Officer
  • p. 3 …Prepared by FAA Public Affairs Office AAL-5 Alaskan Region 701 C St., Box 14, Anchorage…
  • p. 4 …Office of Public Affairs Alaskan Region 701 C Street. Box 14 Anchorage. Alaska 995 13 (907…
  • p. 5 …Ya, could you (ROC:C) look ah, approximately forty miles south of Fort Yukon, there should…
  • p. 7 …23 Rcx:c 0237 : 25 Dl5 0237 : 29 Dl5 0237 : 30 ROCC 0237 : 32 Dl5 Japan…
  • p. 12 Paul Steucke FAA Public Affairs 701 C Street, Box 14 Anch. AK 99513 ~·1 arch 5…
  • p. 13 …ent up t oward the ai r c raft (pri ma r y si gnal) r…
  • p. 16 Paul Steucke FAA, Public Affairs Officer Alaskan Region 701 C Street, Box 14 Anchorage, Alaska 995…
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  • p. 38 …The temperature of Kefurabik Airport in November is approximately maximum of 3 degrees C. and the…
  • p. 74 …Be c kner: Why could he not take any pictures? Ts ukuba: We ll, his camera…
  • p. 81 …Also a military C-130 southbound to EDF from EIL advised he had plenty of fuel…
  • p. 85 …gave this information to the Was hington D. C. ROC. Air Traffic Control Specialist Anchorage ARTCC
  • p. 88 OEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FC .. AL AVIATION AONIHIST .. ATIOH cm November 17, I respond.ed to…
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  • p. 92 …HOURS Ille 1 o oY I 4• ~~~~c"'v~Do~ DA~=~~s,. oir CARRIER, OPERATOR, AIRPORT…
  • p. 94 …captain Terauchi stated the cargo only flight had departed Reykjavik, Icelal"l.C.. captain Terauchi stated…
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  • p. 96 …OR A IR c RA FT REG Is- t---.r-6-·_R_E_s_u_L…
  • p. 100 Paul Steucke, FAA Alaskan Region 701 C St . Box 14 Anc h. AK 99513 March 5…
  • p. 102 …Al askan R eg i on February 21, 1987 70 1 C S tr ee 1…
  • p. 103 …Ofhce of Public Affus Alaskan Region 701 C Street. Box 14 Anchorage . Alaska 995 13 (907…
  • p. 107 …PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICE, AAL-5 701 C STREET, BOX 14 ANCHORAGE, ALASKA 99513 •
  • p. 112 …91 APPENDIX C: RESOURCES SCOPE .......................................................................... 92 List of Tables Textual Documents ... ............. ... .... ........... .... ... .................. .... ..... .. .................... ... ..... .................. ... 37 Oversized Records ......... .... ........ .. ................. .............. ................ ....... .................... ..... ........ .. ... ..... 38 Photographs…
  • p. 116 …cyan (C), magenta (M), and yellow (Y) are combined to fonn black. CMYK mode files are…
  • p. 119 …We have c:hosen to categorize It In both by its deterministic and stochastic behaviors. Technical…
  • p. 120 …Delta C, Delta H 0 : Exposure Index, Standard units: gamma ( unitless) Units ( • ) : Delta C, Delta H…
  • p. 121 …1, ISO 16067-2, I SO 15524) c: MTF - Modulation Transfer Function-~~ ·g.~ definition : A spatial…
  • p. 122 …over the field ot view view relative to the average of units: % deviation in SFR :§ ·c…
K. Terauchi (Japanese) 0.1 ah, inch
F. Fujii
R. Gordon
F. Fujii
R. Gordon
F. Fujii
R. Gordon
About 0.1 • • •
Just right on the horizon, the sun was setting?
Yeah, yes. So they don't want to go toward the ship side, they
stayed away from it.
Toward the dark side.
Yes
So that would have put them to the east like on the Canadian side
you're coming down on your side (unintelligible) captain's side?
K. Terauchi Yes
R. Gordon Okay I understand.
K. Terauchi I think, perhaps, they have regulations like they must not be
seen by humans. But it was a surprise to see the sudden
appearance in front of us. If the machine was set automatically
for the distance of eight miles away from us, the machine will
not come closer than eight miles (but t hey jumped in front of
us), so I felt there was a living creature in it. It jumped in
front of us, very unusual. They took such unexpected action.
Try the other one(?)
f
F. Fujii Seems like they're trying to stay away, I guess there's some kind
of regulation for them to not be seen by • • •
R. Gordon Ah uh, I understand. I have one more question that came up that
I was thinking; now when he departed, departed east? Is that
what someone told me; which direction did, when he departed, went
away?
F. Fujii Which direction did it take off to?
K. Terauchi I don't know. Probably to the east.
F. Fujii He thinks it's east, he's not really sure. He was looking at it
and it just ~issappeared, so •••
R. Gordon Okay, appeared that it went east, but it went so fast?
K. Terauchi So fast.
R. Gordon Okay
F. Fujii He was watching it and it just disappeared •••
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